Palestinian farmers struggling for a meagre existence face ethnic cleansing and horrific aggression …the blank cheque provided to the Israeli state by the US and UK must become a thing of the past. BDS isn’t going to be enough… it’s time to crowdfund Palestine.

In this age of austerity, the solution to growthlessness cannot be a return to colonial exceptionalism and intervention. It cannot a return to the rape and pillage of nations. It cannot be a return to exploitation and oppression.

By destroying the lives of mothers, you destroy the fabric of society. The UK is subject to US policy which allows for the discriminatory treatment of women who are raped in wars. We must reject all forms of violence against women.